The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-05-19
IN CITY AND COUNTY.
DASHES HERE AND THERE BY OUR
REPORTER.

Paragraphs.
= Prof. L. johnson of Trinity College
was in the city this week.
Mr.. Williams of Tyler, Texas, has |
been spending several days in this city WIS., |
iting Mr.. Allen Morris.
The Goldsboro Messenger says Cora |
Van Tassel will play there next week, and |
tickets are ON sale already. Cora must be |
popular in Goldsboro.
That fruit canning establishment has
never yet been opened in Winston. We do
not know of any more paying business that
could be started here.
The members of the Wachovia Base
Ball Club are endeavoring to raise, by sub
scription, sum of money with which to
fence in their grounds.
The price of round trip tickets from
Winston to Morehead City at the occasion of
the Teachers Assembly, which begins June
18th, has been placed at $500. Cheap
enough.
= DIR. Stokes Lott, a former citizen, who
has been in Atlanta, Ga, for four years
past has returned to this city and hung out
his single He will make Winston his
home in future.
Brother z. w. Whitehead, editor of
the Greensboro Patriot spent last Friday in
this city He reports the Patriot as enjoy
ing better success now than any time during
his management.
Col. L. L. Polk, of the Progressive
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deliver the annual address at the closing ex-
ercises of Mt Vernon Springs Academy,
Thursday, May Goth.
Mr. S. B. Turrentine, graduate of the
University and now studying for the minis
try at Vanderbilt University, at Nashville,
Tenn, preached very able sermon in the
Centenary NJ. z. Church. Sunday night last.
The Graded School will resume work
some time in September or the first of Oc-
tober This will give the children good
ready to go back to work when that time ar
rives.
Mr. r. J. Reynolds, of this city, to-
gether with number of other gentlemen
has invested considerable capital in real
estate at Mock's Mill in Southeastern Vir-
ginia The point is on the \. & w. r. r
and is booming.
The Fredonia On. NJ Censor of last
week gives an account of the funeral serv
4 ices at that place Wednesday, May 4th
of Mrs. E. K. Hough, formerly of this city.
Mrs. Hough had many friends here who are
grieved to hear of her death.
Who ever heard of any decent town
tolerating such a thing as great pile 0
guano heaped up in aromatic massivenes
right in the most public part OF town? l
would be about as reasonable to build a bi.
hog pen right in the middle of the city
The Commencement of Rockford
High School will take place, Tuesday, Jun,
2Sth' The exercises will consist of a de
bate, compositions, recitations, &c. &. B
Glenn, Esq, of this city will deliver tn,
Literary Address. The public are court
eously invited to be present.
Our thanks are due Messrs. J. Franz
Jones, Thad Jones and Paul Chatham 70,
an invitation to the Commencement Part,
at Trinity College, Thursday evening, June
9Th. One OF those high toned programs 70,
which Trinity Commandments have rep
utation has been prepared, and our local ed
itor hopes to be on hand.
Most of the apparatuses for our electric
light system have arrived and a spacious
brick building for the accommodation OF the
plant Is being rapidly erected in the rear OF
the Mayors Office. It is expected that cleo.
trio tre will soon blaze in our streets, and
that we will at no distant day have street
cars driven by electric motive power.
Gel. James D. Glenn, of the 3rd Regi-
ment will be in command of the North Car
olina Battalion at the National Encanp-
ment at Washington, and Adjutant E. A.
Oldham, of the 3rd Regiment has been re-
quested to act as Adjutant. Lieut.. Col. H.
g. Cooper of the same regiment will also
attend and assume command in Col. GIeun's
absence.
The following clipping is compliment
tary to one of our citizens
Maj. Ham Scales, at present manufact-
ufef of plug tobacco in Winston, N. c.,
was She first person to make plug in that
place-He began when the Twin-Cfty had
less than 100 Inhabitants. To6ae-
co Journal.
We remember very well when he went, and
Winston has no better man than he is in the
place. He is a Rockingham man, and we have
many just like him.-Leaksuille Echo.
The following news item which we
clip from Nestor correspondence of the
Davie Times is positively refreshing. Give
us some more like that
Mr.. T. A. Baity, one of our most enter.
g.. ral